It appears to me, someone (or some subset of the group) is attempting to "establish" a custom. This friction has cropped up quite frequently here. Evidently there is some significant dissent on the topic, so I personally view claim to right or wrong with strong skepticism, adhereing to the "each his own" philosophy. $.02 worth v/r Paul -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Cross Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:47 AM To: jlwallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: List etiquette question On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:01:15 -0500, jack wallen <jlwallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > as a top poster i'll add just one thing that seems to be lost on this > list - the vast majority of people reading email today have been trained > (or ruined) by M$ "rules". whenever i "bottom post" to most people they > immediately reply back asking why i replied with a "blank" reply. when i > explain to them that the reply is beneath their email they simply say > that it doesn't make sense - they know what they said to me. > > so i've just become accustomed to quoting their text below mine. if > they've no idea what i'm replying to they can just scroll down a bit and > find out. I'm sure that most of us spend a lot of our lives exchanging emails with people who have only ever used top-posting. I guess you just need to decide whether or not it's worth the effort in trying to educate them in what is (in my opinion) a superior method (i.e. snipping text and interleaving your replies). In most cases I've decided it's not worth that effort and I go with top-posting if I'm emailing people who expect it. > and since the vast majority of people i email are not old-school as > others i doubt that i'll be changing my quoting preferences anytime > soon. > > to each his or her own i say. But I think the important is to adapt to the local customs, not to stick religiously to your favourite method. Here (as on most technical mailing lists) the custom is for snipped, interleaved posting. So that's what you should use. Dave... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list *************************************************************************** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. ***************************************************************************
